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. SUBJEOr: Highlights of Tape-Retorded Gonversation in HLani Retween :

‘Metened to the play-back of a taps, brought to Washington from Mian,
and given to Colonel King by Mr. Paley on 19 October, which was a
recording of Mr.:Pawley's conversations with two Cubans during the

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20 October 1959.

Mr, William D parece” ond an Unidentified Cuban during
Period 17-18 Ostober a

4 On 20 October + the understgaed end Owen Faust of WH/3-

period 17-18 October. The first conversation was with sn unidentified

 Suban, believed to be a uenber of m group of wealthy snti-CASTA) Cubans, — oe

'. mexbers of which have telked to Mr. Parley recently about their
“.. plane for. sabotage of the coming suger harvest as reported in Ur A~ 32
- dated 2:Cetober. The second Cuban war AMPACA=], a Cuban journalist
; |: of operational interest to Station Habaney and & * seperate memorandum
SO £s submitted on that Sonversation. : . :

~ ana monayy. he pointed out that Cubans in Guba are afraid’ to start an —
- “wnderground movement, and there was no way to raise funds, etc. Mr.
- Pawley gave him no encouragement on the money angle, saying that even 8
- ££ there were Americans willing to rug the risk of becoming involved © = /: |
'. ° dn Cuban yevolutlonary. activities by furnishing money for such a. =...
- ovement, which he doubted, he felt that at the present time it “would cee mo

a (1) there is no. unity among the anti-CASTBO groups, and there are ab:
- least 10 that he knows of who are working absolutely independently of |-
- one anothers snd (2) CASTRO is in control of the country and has the |

me poke indistinetly,. was difficult to understand. He mentioned a.
_ necting with some of our ppople who came up from Cuba” to discuss
_ « plans.’ ” Be said hig group had been contacted by 3 representative of _.
General: Jose: Eleutorio PEDRAZA, leader of Coban revolutionary groups
_.. “4n the Dominican Republic, who wanted to know what action their grou __
: had taken and was told that they had a plan “to start sabotage". The. -
_~. Guban: eadd the PEDRAZA representative eaid thely group (the PEDRAZA
-. group) had four. provinces organised 4n Cuba, mentioning Camaguey end.
. .. Santa Clara, and that- they had ‘two provinces yet to be organised ae

Wire Pauley said he felt the Cuban economic situation was. worsening |

__ tyrn om CASTROy but until that time comes it.would be dangerous, to
‘yt to > onganine a | Fewolutionary movement oo 7 oo.

Be. ‘the ‘unidentified Cuban, who bad someuhat of an accent and

“3 “ghe Oabed add be group needed ‘two things — wayel backing

bo. like “putting money down.a rat-hole" for the following reasonas.

support of a large number of Cubans, especially the under-pritvileged.

fast and that if it gets bad enoughs a large number of Cubans will

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- “upport of. the U: 8. and the Cuban replied thatcthey wanted U. S.
moral support but whether they had it or not, they felt they were

- know what to tell, him -= would have to think about 1t and see if any~
thing could be done. He aaid, “having been connected with the U. 5, .
_ Government, I:can't get. involved in revolutionary movements", . Also .
~ gad he would hate to. see the Dominican Government get involved, |
Which might be difficult to avold with so many Cuban exiles there,
pat commented’ that: he under stood "the Dominiean Government. haan! ¢ |
-siven then & dime” ;

he “Hire Pawhey asked the Cuban if his group felt thay had moral

obhiged to carry through with their plans. Mr. Pawley said he didn't

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